Whole atmosphere modeling: Connecting terrestrial and space weather

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Akmaev, R A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERE MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; EXTENDED MODEL; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; POLAR WINTER STRATOSPHERE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPACE WEATHER; WAVY STRUCTURES; WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IONOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

EID: 80053221476     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011RG000364     Document Type: Article

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